The Airbus A330-300: Getting Old, But Still In Demand

[@franky9055]

The a330 still have good days to come

[@NazriB]

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[@ramyfares9099]

@@franky9055 it does indeed, now with the introduction with the A330neo, the A330 legacy continues

[@EuropeanRailfanAlt]

Butter machine keeps on buttering ‼️

[@managed9348]

Yessir🙏🏽

[@ianpage3779]

Love the A330. 2-4-2 for the win.

[@redosorio5278]

Yes, you can also pack it to 3-3-3 just like cebu pacific. 😂

[@zakkprice1213]

@@redosorio5278 This is absolutely why 3-3-3 is used to increase seats capacity for Cebu Pacific’s former A330ceo and current A330neo.

[@youseflatif796]

If only airlines cared for passenger comfort on most other planes. The 787 is wide enough for 9 abreast seating.

[@ramyfares9099]

@@youseflatif796 787 is garbage in every way, sorry, I’ve flew on Saudia’s and Oman Air 787 vs their A330s and my experience with the 787 is terrible, the A330 is far better in my opinion

[@tka350]

A330, strong workhorse

[@Ayden2008]

The a330 is one of my favorite planes

[@EuropeanRailfanAlt]

Same

[@ludwigtails]

Same

[@CoSmicGoesRacing]

Same… hard to beat the 2-4-2 economy configuration especially nowadays.

[@Mark-oj8wj]

I flew it for years on long haul flights and it's a beast. It's also one of the most difficult and rewarding aircraft to land I loved it!

[@jamesgoussanou]

its by far my favorite aircraft

[@dev_theysleader3184]

Butter machine still buttering today

[@ludwigtails]

6:15 I AM BEGGING Cathy’s pacific will get the A330neo. I would be livid if they didn’t.

[@MrViroplen]

Me too

[@malahammer]

that should make them get one.....🙄

[@EuropeanRailfanAlt]

Now they did

[@porrohmann]

If Aer Lingus gets two more A330s and follows the registration sequence of the first two, the fourth would be registered EI-EIO and could carry the name "Old McDonald's Farm" 😂

[@danielb2571]

That is awesome. I really hope they do. 😂

[@jungbolosse3034]

A330 neo seems the logical solution

[@nuvinpooliyadde7319]

That’s great news ❤️🙏 A330 is my favourite wide body aircraft after the B747

[@zakkprice1213]

But the Trent 700 roaring sound is powerful and awesome.

[@jadenkhoohoukit4573]

Especially the howl 🗣️

[@ramyfares9099]

nothing beats the roaring RR Trent 700 takeoff sound

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

The Qatar aircraft were configured for flying lots of foreign workers back and forth to India and other Asian countries. For short / medium routes the CEO engines and planes are more suited than heavier wider more advanced replacements and on the used market are easily and affordably available…..

[@cherifbar]

My absolute favourite Airbus airplane.

[@derekcaan7686]

A-330 Neo is probably the most straight forward replacement option

[@richarddastardly6845]

My favourite airbus, wish I could fly one ✈️💫

[@Sacto1654]

Aer Lingus needs the A330-300's because the flights between Dublin and the US East Coast tend to be very busy almost year-round.

[@Paco_Gaepedores]

Love flying and working on the cute A330 :3 woohoo ❤

[@harstoft]

Wonder if Aerlingus is going to go for 787 or A330neo for replacement

[@Jabsbshs]

The ceo said they don’t plan on ordering new jets anytime in this decade

[@EyeInTheSkypaulmcmenamin]

​@@Jabsbshs when did the CEO make this statement? I do think they will squeeze every drop they can out of the 332/333's.

[@MrViroplen]

@@EyeInTheSkypaulmcmenaminyes it’s old ceo said that they will only get a321xlr they will squeeze every drop of the a330-300

[@Atl404sFinest]

A330 is a solid plane. Delta’s A330 product has been a workhorse for international routes since they merged with Northwest

[@user-ct2tt9zy8h]

Only two middle seats per row in economy and each is only one over from the aisle!

[@jamesbartlett5640]

Hopefully Cathy and even Aer Lingus go for A330NEO.

[@kiki_aya]

242 configuration of the 330 is the master race

[@Tina-d8f]

Excellent aircraft. Flown her many times.

[@kkrsnn5632]

Decent hard working jet. Like the 767-300/ER.

[@GeflyLW]

simple flying

[@tasneemeddoo]

Air Mauritius took delivery of 2 a330 also

[@2558Winston]

In my view, I don't think some large carrier like CX will replace the A333 immediatly as they are a very good working horses for the Asia regional air routes or Oceania routes. However, the heriter of the A333 should be found on the comming days as the current A333s are getting older. In my view, A339 and A359 are the best heriters for them. Simular to the A346 of Lufthansa, an one-on-one replacement should be provided for them.

[@2558Winston]

As I expected. CX confirmed that they will purchase 30 A330-900 as the offical anouncement in today.

[@TheBaldOne]

A330-300 will occupy the space left by the A300/767 in the cargo world and I love it!

[@Charles-sn7zy]

When ??? still waiting for that to happen ..

[@liambengif7663]

It’s like how United holds onto 32 year old 777-222s

[@sainnt]

All airlines are bringing back older aircraft to meet high demand while waiting for delivery of new aircraft, which are also in high demand.

[@keiranlees2235]

Are aer Lingus ordering the A330 Neo? If not I can’t help but wonder why?

[@paulcredmond]

Good job on the Irish name pronunciation!

[@grgr3074]

A350 is certainly the best choice.....

[@malahammer]

EI does not agree.

[@ramyfares9099]

Cathay is also planning on phasing out their 777-300ERs too, and they would be replaced with their newer successors the 777-9X.

[@liambengif7663]

The 777-300er can be held onto for a bit longer because Boeings never finishing the X. I’m not kidding United has the FIRST 777 ever built and they still operate it those planes age well

[@ramyfares9099]

@ I don’t get why Boeing phased out the production of the -300ER in 2021, not kept it in production till at least 2023~2025 due to the delay of the 777X.

[@TranJacinto]

How come the A380 is no longer in demand, regardless of age?

[@ilikealotofthings731]

Too expensive to operate.

[@yagyadevdeora3272]

its too expensive to operate the fuel which requires a380 to run is very very expensive if airlines use cheaper one engines can explode and the demand on 90% of the routes is low and so its of no use

[@greglogan8880]

They should go with the neo

[@malahammer]

why?

[@firstlast1932]

@@malahammer I think the A330neo is believed to be cheaper than other similar sized aircraft, but it has somewhat worse fuel economy. Airlines operating dense shorter routes should benefit this type more.

[@malahammer]

@@firstlast1932 the airline professionals and experts do not agree.

[@firstlast1932]

@@malahammer I won't argue with that, I was merely explaining the popular uninformed opinion.

[@nickreitmaier5648]

A330ceos are better than anything Boeing so it's a good move.

[@liambengif7663]

The Boeing 777 enters the chat ..

[@liambengif7663]

The Boeing 787 enters the chat…

[@liambengif7663]

The newer Boeing 767s enter the chat…

[@ramyfares9099]

@@liambengif7663 A330neo and A350 enter the chat

[@jamesau4296]

787 seems not produced quick enough to replace them

[@ramyfares9099]

@@jamesau4296 787 is just a pile of garbage

[@danielb2571]

Cathay should replace with the CRAIC CR929. 😂

[@canto_v12]

Comacs can't fly outside of China yet.

[@danielb2571]

@@canto_v12 well the satire still stands, I thought CRAIC was dead in the water, I didn't realize that Comac had decided to still build the C929. But I bet by the time the C929 enters service people in Hong Kong will only be able to fly inside of China anyways. 😅

[@canto_v12]

@@danielb2571 I fly in and out of Hong Kong all the time from California and I have no idea what you're suggesting...

[@danielb2571]

@@canto_v12 I am suggesting that the CCP is slowly taking away any and all freedoms from those who live in Hong Kong. So it's satire, by saying that one will only be able to fly within China once the C929 is in service. Because Hong Kong will be restricted just like people were behind the Iron Curtain.

[@liambengif7663]

Ah yes the mad in China temu plane . That things made out of glue and paper with western engines

[@NicotineRosberg]

The A330 is the A300 but with a tuxedo

[@Triple7Capt88]

I’ve been a dedicated BOEING man my entire Professional career ( except the first 4 years where it’s a miracle any of us live to tell the stories of old underpowered barely maintained A/C. I’m sure many of you hv noticed that every other story or you tube video is bashing the hell out of Boeing & I’m not saying that Boeing is in anyway remotely innocent because they aren’t! They are going thru extremely difficult times & I pray they get their s**T & fast because I’m too damn old to hv to learn Airbus Equipment! Let’s ban together to keep “ IF IT AINT BOEING IM NOT GOING!”

[@Triple7Capt88]

Hi again all, I forgot to mention that I’ve lost 3 darn good friends to them being forced into newer generations of aircraft & yes, I realize this is somewhat not related or relevant to the aforementioned topic, however, I’ve no doubt many of you that are older like I am & learned from the very old school “ steam gauges” when going thru Instruments training. Lord knows it’s not remotely easy to re-train your brain to learn something that is (IMO) completely different in how the instrument reads to you. And forgive me as obvious this is but we all know that in the real world over 95% of what we do is completely & totally by instruments. My point to all this , is BOEING believes in trusting us as Professionals to ACTUALLY FLY the Aircraft regardless of all our company rules to engage the auto-Pilot before 10k ft or whatever your company says to do. These days it’s AUTO EVERY DAMN THING! I’ve no problem with advanced technology & software but the very second I heard about the 73 Max crashes , I said to myself “ I guarantee it was low budget airlines”. And as we all know NOW, they were. Don’t know about you guys but if there’s some new systems installed either as upgrades or a brand new 1st Generation plane , I ONLY HAVE 1 REQUEST! Whatever it is PLEASE MK IT EXTREMELY SIMPLE FOR ME ( as the PIC) to do only 1 or 2 things TO GIVE ME 100% CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT! We sure as hell should NOT hv to go thru BS checklists that can take minutes instead of seconds to give us total control!!! Of course NOW , we all know there WASNT ANY PROCEDURE available to those crews that would hv allowed them to save their incredibly dangerous situation. And that truly pisses me off! Neither of those crashes should hv ever happened! The mere fact that Boeing NEVER explained to companies buying the the 73 Max & saying “ we didn’t want to OVERLOAD the crews with technical issues” or close to that. When I heard that I was beyond livid! How can a multi BILLION DOLLARS Company use such a pitifully stupid ass excuse ? There’s LAME & there’s stupid. Both of those are pitifully obvious & well below what their Excuse should hv been. Nobody should ever put the GD greedy ass PROFIT ahead of safety. SHAME ON YOU BOEING! In my 36 years I’m beyond grateful I’ve never once had a mayday or serious emergency! Only once did an instructor kill the fuel feed in an MU-2J model but thank god we had plenty of altitude for me to salvage that idiots move. He was fired for that! And rightly so considering the MU-2 J only had 650shaft & the saying “ lose an engine in the MU-2 & the other ( engine) will get you to the crash site!” …… oh believe me, that saying was incredibly true! My company at the time completely changed the rules for check rides after that debacle! Sorry everyone this was a bit long but I am incredibly dedicated to my Profession & to me it doesn’t matter if the Aircraft is empty for a ferry flight or there’s only 10 people on board….. they deserve complete & total safety plus 100% dedicated Professionalism from us! Anything less than be uber driver!

[@tong.clement]

Just don't buy Boeing 787 haha 330neo or 350 are both ok - pilots are also already doing mixed fleet flying which is nice in terms of operational flexibility (eg: if a 330neo breaks down and needs to be replaced with the 350, or vice versa if capacity is low) Maybe they will order the A330-800 Neo for lower capacity operations?

[@WV3430Production]

Cathay A330 replace: I think, a330neo is better

[@r12004rewy]

Certainly still has some life left and it's available.

[@Johnonayacht]

Why not the 777 for replacement

[@nathanbedford3443]

Too big

[@RyanRICHARDSON-lr6ry]

Airbus A380

[@PVZBlover]

I'm teh 330th like!

[@NortheastCoasters-456]

First

[@jiwonkim9166]

Very fragile Aircraft, especially their landing gears and hydraulic system.

[@bcgamers6824]

No no no triple seven better

[@MarkUKInsects]

Will Cathy’s pacific place the order at the forthcoming Farnborough International?

[@dosdeyamaguchi9675]

The A330s are the best aircrafts